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Civil Aviation Act 1990

Functions, powers, and duties of participants in the civil aviation system

23A: Delegation of Director's functions or powers to employees of Authority

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“Director can share some tasks with Authority workers”

The Director can give some of their jobs and powers to people who work for the Authority. This means the Director can ask other workers to do some of their tasks. When the Director does this, they have to write it down.

There are some things the Director can’t give to others to do. They can’t let someone else take away an aviation document. This is something only the Director can do.

If the Minister has given the Director some jobs to do, the Director can only pass these on to others if the Minister says it’s okay in writing.

The Director can give tasks to one specific worker, or to a group of workers who do similar jobs. They can also give tasks to someone in a certain job, or to people who have certain types of jobs.

When the Director gives a job to someone else, that person can keep doing the job even if the Director leaves. The job stays with the person until someone says to stop.

Some rules from another law called the Crown Entities Act also apply here, but they work a bit differently. When those rules talk about “the board”, we have to think of it as meaning “the Director” instead.

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Part 2 Functions, powers, and duties of participants in the civil aviation system

23ADelegation of Director's functions or powers to employees of Authority

  1. The Director may from time to time, either generally or particularly, delegate to any employee of the Authority any of the Director's functions and powers under this Act or any other Act, or under any regulations or rules made under this Act, including functions or powers delegated to the Director under this Act.

  2. Every delegation under this section shall be in writing.

  3. Repealed

  4. Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Director shall not delegate—

    1. the power under section 18 to revoke an aviation document.

      1. The provisions of sections 73(4) and 74 to 76 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 apply as if references to the board were references to the Director, with all necessary modifications.

      2. The Director must not delegate any functions or powers delegated to the Director by the Minister without the written consent of the Minister.

      3. Any delegation under this section may be made to a specified employee of the Authority or to employees of a specified class, or to the holder or holders for the time being of a specified office or specified class of offices of the Authority.

      4. Every delegation under this section, until it is revoked, continues in force according to its tenor, despite the fact that the employee of the Authority by whom it was made may cease to hold office, and continues to have effect as if made by the employee for the time being holding that office.

      Notes
      • Section 23A: inserted, on , by section 15 of the Civil Aviation Amendment Act 1992 (1992 No 75).
      • Section 23A(3): repealed, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
      • Section 23A(4)(a): repealed, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
      • Section 23A(5): substituted, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
      • Section 23A(6): added, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
      • Section 23A(7): added, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).
      • Section 23A(8): added, on , by section 200 of the Crown Entities Act 2004 (2004 No 115).